Guidelines for Early Identification, Screening, and Clinical Management of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders

Greenspan, Stanley I.; Brazelton, T. Berry; Cordero, José F.; Solomon, Richard; Bauman, Margaret L.; Robinson, Ricki; Shanker, Stuart; Breinbauer, Cecilia

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“…Recognition of the experience-dependent and time-critical nature of neural plasticity provided a strong rationale to pursue early intervention (Dawson and Zanolli 2003;Mundy and Neal 2001;Rogers 1998) which has been shown to result in positive changes (Dawson et al 2009;Helt et al 2008;Howlin et al 2009;Reichow and Wolery 2009). Concerted efforts have therefore been directed to developing instruments and strategies to effectively screen for signs and symptoms of abnormality in the first 12 to 18 months of life (Baron-Cohen et al 2000;Bryson et al 2008;Siegel 2004;Stone et al 2000;Wetherby and Prizant 2002) and to devising appropriate evidence-based treatment approaches at this critical age (Greenspan et al 2008;Wallace and Rogers 2010;Zwaigenbaum et al 2009). These advances have underscored the need for a better general understanding of the precursors and neural underpinnings of infant language development and the breakdown that occurs in AD.…”

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The Ontogenesis of Language Impairment in Autism: A Neuropsychological Perspective

Stefanatos

Baron

2011

Neuropsychol Rev

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Autistic Disorder (AD) is a phenotypically heterogeneous condition characterized by impairments in social interaction, communication, and the presence of repetitive behavior and restricted interests. It is a model syndrome to investigate neural interaction and integration at the nexus of language and social cognition. This paper considers the problems of language acquisition in AD from an evolutionary and ontogenetic context. Following a review of normal language development during the formative years of brain development, we examine what is known about infant linguistic and nonlinguistic precursors of language acquisition in AD and examine how anomalies of several processes relate to language abnormalities manifest by the early elementary school years. Population heterogeneity and practical limitations inherent to the study of children currently limit a comprehensive understanding of the significance of specific neurological abnormalities in relation to observed deficits. However, convergent evidence implicates anomalies of a widely distributed neural network, involving superior temporal sulcus, superior temporal gyrus, supramarginal gyrus, insula, inferior frontal gyrus, hippocampus, amygdala and cerebellum. These anomalies reflect the cumulative effects of genetic, epigenetic and environmental influences. Neuropsychological studies of language in AD provide an important means to define the phenotypic variation resulting from alterations in neural architecture. By mapping broad relationships between key symptoms, neuropsychological impairment and neural substrate, information derived from these studies enable a level of analysis that bridges the gap between the genome and the syndrome. Further study of children during the critical first 2 years of life using behavioral, electrophysiological, and functional neuroimaging methods is essential.

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The Ontogenesis of Language Impairment in Autism: A Neuropsychological Perspective

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Baron

2011

Neuropsychol Rev

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“…Greenspan theorized that providing positive learning and play interactions between a child and adult would foster the acquisition of abilities needed to increase functional and developmental capacities (Greenspan and Wieder, 1999). The intervention is intended to address the core deficits of autism by engaging children in problem solving and creative, emotional, and fun interactions (Greenspan et al, 2008). To date, there is no great body of rigorous scientific studies supporting the efficacy of this treatment (Simpson et al, 2005).…”

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Chronic Disorders in Children and Adolescents

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Morewitz

2011

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“…desinneren Erlebens. In Ermangelung klarerGrenzen derverschiedenen Störungen wird dahere mpfohlen, von einem Spektrum autistischer Störungen oderv om Autismus-Störungs-Spektrum (ASS) zu sprechen, das auch daraufaufmerksam macht, dassunterschiedliche Grade der Symptomausprägungmiteinzubeziehen sind (21,22).…”

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Zum Krankheitsbegriff der Autismus-Spektrum-Störungen (ASS)

Vogeley¹

2010

Die Psychiatrie

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ZusammenfassungDer Krankheitsbegriff in der Psychiatrie oszilliert zwischen naturalistischen und normativistischen Ansätzen. Für den Zweck der Erörterungen in diesem Beitrag soll ein naturalistischer Begriff psychiatrischer Erkrankungen vorausgesetzt werden, demzufolge psychische Krankheiten als Störungen von Fähigkeiten verstanden werden können, die uns unter normalen, gesunden Umständen zur Verfügung sind. Im Fall autistischer Störungen wird eine dimensionale Auffassung eines Spektrums von autistischen Störungen favorisiert. Ein weiterer wichtiger Aspekt betrifft den longitudinalen Verlauf autistischer Störungen. Während intuitive soziale Fähigkeiten über das gesamte Leben gestört bleiben, können soziale Lernprozesse einen Teil der Störungen kompensieren. Ein einheitliches nosologisches Konzept aber, das die Verursachung und die neurobiologische Vermittlung autistischer Störungen erklären könnte und auch den Verlauf der Erkrankung mitberücksichtigt, fehlt bisher. Dies ist die zentrale Herausforderung zukünftiger Forschung auf dem Gebiet autistischer Störungen.

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Guidelines for Early Identification, Screening, and Clinical Management of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders

Cited by 39 publications

References 16 publications

The Ontogenesis of Language Impairment in Autism: A Neuropsychological Perspective

The Ontogenesis of Language Impairment in Autism: A Neuropsychological Perspective

Chronic Disorders in Children and Adolescents

Zum Krankheitsbegriff der Autismus-Spektrum-Störungen (ASS)

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